Method of wiring or binding the ends of lasted boots and shoes.



A. FERRI.. METHOD -oFwlRlNG on BINDING THE ENDS oF LASIED Boos AND sHoEs.

APPLICATION FI'LED APRA. 1917.

1,23%549, lpatentedmlg.- 21, 1917.

Mvg-wa.' aw ezbygw; I aid @mb ANGELO PERRI, OE WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO REECE SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

METHOD 0Fl WIRING OR BINDING TI-IE ENDS OF LASTED BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21., 1917.

Application led April 4, 1917. Serial No. 159,747.

v ful Improvements in Methods of Wiring or Binding the Ends of Lasted Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specificay wiring or binding the ends of boots and tion.

This invention relates to the method of shoes after the same have been wiped or lasted, and applies particularly to the toe end of the shoe. An object of this invention is to provide means to rapidly secure and retain the upper on the last at the toe or fore part of a boot or shoe in the stretched condition in which it is left after undergoing the wiping or lasting operation, whether the said operation is done by hand or machine.

It is a further object of this invention -to provide a common fastening means for the two ends of the binding wire other than the usual tacks or fastening devices employed to temporarily hold the upper to the last at the fore part thereof.

Another object of the invention is to facilitate the removal of the wire or binder,

which removal is necessary when operations subsequent to the lasting operations are to be performed upon the shoe, such for instance, as sewing the welt to the upper in making a welt shoe, the removal of the wire being rapidly accomplished upon the dislodgment of the common fastening means employed to which both ends ofthe wire are secured in usual manner.

Another and important object of the invention is to reinforce and virtually lock against movement the tacks or fastening devices employed to temporarily hold the upper to the last at the fore part, which are under considerable strain, due to the tend'- ency of the upper, through which the tacks pass, to resume its normalA condition after being stretched over the last.

Other objects of the invention will be. further pointed out in the specification and the claims hereinafter given.

Of the drawings:

Figure 1 represents in the toe or fore part of a bottom plan view boot or shoe after is then temporarily attached to the last and r thereafter the operator pulls over the fore part, stretching that portion sufficiently t0 eliminate wrinkles and properly position the upper with relation to the last.

In the wiping or lasting process, anchor tacks are used to hold the upper as indicated at 13 and 14 in the drawings. The shoe is now ready for end lasting which may be done either by hand or machine, after which the wiped-in overlying portion of the upper 15 will be bound in preferably by means of a soft or pliable wire 16.

When the wiping or lasting is done by machine, such for instace as the well-known bed laster, the wiper plates, after performing the function of wiping in the edge of the u per, will be allowed to press upon the wipe -in edge of the upper to hold it in position against the inner sole while the operator is preparing to apply the binder cord or wire to the shoe at the fore part to retain it in lasted position. The anchor tacks 13 and 14 above referred to offer the only means to which the wire may be secured, and hence one end of the wire will be wrapped one or more times around the tack 13 and the free part of the wire will The above briefly described method is one at present in use and while it gives fair satisfaction it is not the ideal method by which the best results are obtained, nor does it facilitate the rapid removal of the binder wire when said binder wire is to be removed to permit of subsequent operations on the shoe. The anchor tacks 13 and 14 must be quite firmly driven into the last in order to withstand the strain of the stretched leather, as well as to remain immovable under the additional strain of the binder wire or cord, the ends of which are fastened or secured to them.

The tendency of the said tacks 13 and 14 is to yield outwardly or inthe direction of pull of the leather causing a complete dislodgment or a bending of the tacks, either of which occurrences would act detrimentally to the work. In the event of a complete dislodgement of a tack the operator would readily notice the trouble and lwould remedy it by repulling and relasting the shoe, but in the event of a bent tack caused by the strain of the upper or wire, the work might progress without the operator observing the fault, and in thisinstance the upper would creep or recede from the stretched condition in which it is left by the pulling over and lasting operations and would not properly or smoothly hug the last.

The present invention contemplates the elimination of the above-described faults and by reason of its simplicity greatly facilitates the operation of applying the binder to the shoe as lwell as removing it therefrom when required to do so for subsequent operations uponv the shoe.

As previously explained the assembled upper is temporarily attached to the last, and the toe 0r fore part is stretched over and secured to the inner sole and last by means of the tacks 13 and 14, and preferably these tacks are driven in at an angle, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the reason for which will be hereinafter explained.

The fore part of the shoe will now undergo the lasting process either by hand or machine, and when that has been completed the said toe part is `ready to receive the binder or wire 16. The operator will now drive a tack 17 into the inner sole and last at a point approximately midway between the anchor tacks 13 and 14. Said tack 17 is intended to serve as a common fastening means for the ends of the binder or wire, both ends of which will be wrapped around or otherwise secured to the said tack 17 when the binding operation is completed. If preferred, this common fastening device might be -used in conjunction with a hold down plate as a part thereof, such -as is shown in patent .to Snow, #568,463, issued Sept. 29, 1896,0r'1n fact any means, preferably a single device could be used in lieu of the tack 17 which would suice to accomplish the desired purpose. The operator will now secure one end of the binder or Wire to the tack 17 and will carry the free portion around the anchor tack 13, thence around the gathered portion of the wiped-in or lasted upper 15, and pull it taut to closely confine the said gathered portion between the wire and the shoulder 18 formed by the upturned channel lip 19. The wire will now be led around the tack 14, and its end will be finally secured to the tack 17, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The object in driving the tacks 13 and 14 into the last at the angle shown will now be apparent. By fastening the two ends of the wire 16 to the common fastening or tack l17, it will be readily seen that the pull of the wire 16 exerted on the anchor tacks 13 and 14 will serve to reinforce them against the tendency of the stretched upper to pull the said tacks in the opposite direction. In fact, when the wire is passed around the said tacks and the gathered parts of the upper and tightly pulled before finally fastening it, the tendency will be to straighten the said tacks 13 and 14, and by so doing will further stretch the upper at those points and will not allow it to recede as would be the case if the said tacks were not virtually locked from outward movement in the novel manner employed in this invention.

This invention is intended to include in its scope any method of wiring or binding in the gathered portions of the lasted toe or fore part of a shoe wherein the binder of whatever material starts at a given point as at 17 and after passing around the portion to be bound, finishes at and-is lsecured to the starting point. It is obvious that the starting and finishing point might be at either side of the shoe as at 13 or 14, or in fact at any convenient point, but in practice it has been found advisable and very convenient to locate the said fastening device at a point intermediate the inturned edges of the upper.

It is usual to allow the wire or binding to remain on the shoe until the wiped-in edge has set, after which, or just before subsequent operations are to be performed on the shoe, as for instance, welt attaching, the wire will preferably be removed therefrom. The use of a single device to which both ends of the wire 16 are attached enables the operator with a single operation to quickly remove the said wire from the shoe by dislodging the said fastening device from its position, carrying with it the wire 16 which will readily free itself from the tacks 13 and 14 and from the gathered edge of the upper 15.

The method at present in use and previously described herein, required the op- In practice this invention has been found to be of great utility in retaining the lasted ortions of a shoe in the condition in which 1t was left by the lasting tools, and furthermore it has been found to be a time-saving method as Well, as the Wire may be removed by a single operation and there is no necessity of removing the anchor tacks 13,114 and replacing them vvith others.

It is believed that the operation and advantages of this invention will be fully understood from the foregoing description.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

1. The method of binding the lasted ends of boots and shoes consisting in passing a flexible binder around the parts to be bound; passing the ends of said binder around guide members adjacent said parts; and securing both ends of said binder to a member projecting from said last.

2. The method of binding the pulled and lasted ends of boots and shoes, consisting in passing a flexible binder around the parts to be bound; passing the ends of said binder around guide members adjacent said parts; and securing the ends of said binder at a oint intermediate sai/d guide members.

3. The method of binding the pulled and lasted ends of boots and shoes, consisting in passing a flexible binder around the parts to be bound; securing the upper to the last by devices adapted to act as guide members for said binder; and securing the ends of said binder to an anchor intermediate the guide members.

4. rlhe method of binding the pulled and lasted ends of boots and shoes, consisting in passing a flexible binder around the parts to be bound; passing the binder around de vices temporarily 'used for securing the upper to the last; and securing the ends of sald binder to an anchor whereby the said binder will be retained in locked position.

5. The method of binding the pulledand lasted ends of boots and shoes, consisting in passing a iexible binder around the portion to be bound; and attaching the ends of said binder to a single securing means comprising a tack.

6. The method of binding the ends of lasted boots and shoes, consisting in passing a flexible binder aroundanchor tacks adapted to hold the fore part of the upper in stretched position; and around the portion of the upper to be bound; and securing the ends of said binder to a member located intermediate said tacks whereby the displacement of the anchor tacks by the strain of the leather is prevented.

7. The method of binding the lasted ends of boots and shoes, consisting in fastening one end of a binder at a convenient point in the fore part of a last; passing said binder around an upper-retaining tack near one edge of the last, around the gathered lasted portion of the upper, and around another of said upper-retaining tacks near the opposite edge of said last, then directly toward and around the fastening point for the first mentioned end of theJI said binder.

Signed by me at Boston, Mass., this 30th day of March, 1917.

ANGELO FERRI. 

